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For many years I couldn't listen to Too Tight, because of the resemblance to Live's "Selling The Drama"

ron or keith play the solo on that? ron, again, i think....

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For many years I couldn't listen to Too Tight, because of the resemblance to Live's "Selling The Drama"

ron or keith play the solo on that? ron, again, i think....

Eventually you'll be right - if we discuss enough songs

Stones have a resemblance to everything.

Waiting for the world to change is a copy of Keys To Your Love.

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That's Keith. My guess is that he's using the Music Man Silhouette, too.

It sounds like the '61 creme Tele with rosewood board to me. Surely not the MM.

Mathijs

You guys never cease to amaze me. How can you tell? Isn't it also a matter of which amp he used?
Or is the amp not even a matter of discussion (if so, I wonder what amp it would have been).

Of course in the end it is just an educated guess. First thing is that it absolutely is a Tele -it doesn't sound anything like a Gibson with humbuckers or P90's. These all sound much darker and heavier.

Then, Keith favored this '61 Tele from '86 to the early 00's for non open G tracks where the chording, riffing and solo-ing is somewhat more technical, like Flip the Switch. On these kind of tracks, that Tele has a fairly specific sound. It's a snarling Tele sound for sure, but there's a certain thickness to it, and a bit more warmth that is mainly due to the rosewood board. The Tele also has a certain airy-ness to it. I wouldn't be surprised if it has a very light body and a thin neck.

Check the second part of the solo on Too Tight with the intro of this, and you'll hear the resemblance:





The amp sounds like a smaller amp to me, something like a 50's Tweed Deluxe.

Mathijs

Seriously Keith. Ron hasn't played with that presence in a long time.

Great song all around. I always loved this solo and the way they mixed up the rhythm guitar gives it more punch. I always thought it was a KR solo.

The ending is cool too when it sounds like another rhythm guitar comes slashing in until the complete fadee out.

all I can say is that it's a crappy MP3 . Awful

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That's Keith. My guess is that he's using the Music Man Silhouette, too.

It sounds like the '61 creme Tele with rosewood board to me. Surely not the MM.

Mathijs

You guys never cease to amaze me. How can you tell? Isn't it also a matter of which amp he used?
Or is the amp not even a matter of discussion (if so, I wonder what amp it would have been).

Of course in the end it is just an educated guess. First thing is that it absolutely is a Tele -it doesn't sound anything like a Gibson with humbuckers or P90's. These all sound much darker and heavier.

Then, Keith favored this '61 Tele from '86 to the early 00's for non open G tracks where the chording, riffing and solo-ing is somewhat more technical, like Flip the Switch. On these kind of tracks, that Tele has a fairly specific sound. It's a snarling Tele sound for sure, but there's a certain thickness to it, and a bit more warmth that is mainly due to the rosewood board. The Tele also has a certain airy-ness to it. I wouldn't be surprised if it has a very light body and a thin neck.

Check the second part of the solo on Too Tight with the intro of this, and you'll hear the resemblance:





The amp sounds like a smaller amp to me, something like a 50's Tweed Deluxe.

Mathijs

I did listen to both of them, but still not convinced, To Tight solo sounds completely different to me, to much harmony for Keith

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i think keith is the only one who still thinks those @#$%& up bendings make any musical sense. those solo licks are a big mistery to me. how can a such a gifted musician insist on playing those wrong notes over and over again????

Clearly Keith

Clearly Ronnie.

I listened to it once and was convinced.

Damm this sucks@!

Keith for sure and man seeing that video of FTS live in 1997 makes me sad, Keith could still really play in those days couldn't he...

Does anyone have the link to the "Husker Du" song that sounds like "Too Tight" ?

It is 100% Keith.

it's 104% ron

another vote for Keith here

Keith.

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Clearly Ronnie.

I listened to it once and was convinced.

Damm this sucks@!

Good to have you back Steel driving hammer, I see you have been here for 7 years but only have 23 posts with quite a few of them coming today, lol. Hope you decide to drop in and post more often.

I think it's Keith.

Most definitely Keith.

The first three notes are his classic "noodling/bend" that he's been doing for years now (which can be found ALL over SAL)he just extended it into a looooong bend. The other characteristics of the solo can be found in many other phrases of other solos he's done throughout the years.

That opening riff is still the coolest/most bad ass opening riff Keith has written since "Start Me Up"

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Most definitely Keith.

The first three notes are his classic "noodling/bend" that he's been doing for years now (which can be found ALL over SAL)he just extended it into a looooong bend. The other characteristics of the solo can be found in many other phrases of other solos he's done throughout the years.

That opening riff is still the coolest/most bad ass opening riff Keith has written since "Start Me Up"

Yes there are some licks here which is unmistakeable Keith. And those were great licks. Yet; I got a "Shine A Light deja vu" when re-hearing the solo today; unfortunately. "Too Tight" is my favourite RS rocker since 1983, btw

Post the question on KR FB but I guess Jane Rose is unable to answer and Keith does not remember (he does remember, read Life l)

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Most definitely Keith.

The first three notes are his classic "noodling/bend" that he's been doing for years now (which can be found ALL over SAL)he just extended it into a looooong bend. The other characteristics of the solo can be found in many other phrases of other solos he's done throughout the years.

Exactly. Listen to She Was Hot, Sad Sad Sad, and basically any solo he's done since the 90's. It's that typical square noodling he does on stage, but on this track it is worked out before nicely.

Mathijs

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Justin
Most definitely Keith.

The first three notes are his classic "noodling/bend" that he's been doing for years now (which can be found ALL over SAL)he just extended it into a looooong bend. The other characteristics of the solo can be found in many other phrases of other solos he's done throughout the years.

Exactly. Listen to She Was Hot, Sad Sad Sad, and basically any solo he's done since the 90's. It's that typical square noodling he does on stage, but on this track it is worked out before nicely.

Mathijs

This settles it for me.